You could write an entire book about dumb decisions made by smart people. Every time it happens, we ask ourselves: What were they thinking? How could they do something like that?

In effect, the book writes itself. Chapter One: How could a Defense secretary not tell the president of the United States he’s in the hospital with prostate cancer? Chapter Two: How could a president of the United States have sex with a 22-year-old intern? Chapter Three: How could the governor of New Jersey think he could shut down a key bridge to punish a political opponent and get away with it? The list goes on and on.

And now you can add a whole new chapter: How could the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., hire a friend with no major prosecutorial experience to handle one of the strongest cases against Donald Trump — thus putting the entire case in jeopardy? That question surfaced........

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